diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 431a8b01d..18a7e9192 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+Feb 25, 2009: libarchive 2.6.2 released
+
 Jan 18, 2009: libarchive 2.6.1 released
 
 Dec 28, 2008: libarchive 2.6.0 released
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f4746504..51ca34470 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ dnl First, define all of the version numbers up front.
 dnl In particular, this allows the version macro to be used in AC_INIT
 
 dnl These first two version numbers are updated automatically on each release.
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[2.6.1])
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[2006001])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[2.6.2])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[2006002])
 
 dnl bsdtar versioning tracks libarchive
 m4_define([BSDTAR_VERSION_S],LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S())
diff --git a/libarchive/archive.h b/libarchive/archive.h
index 62b762523..3ffb96753 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive.h
+++ b/libarchive/archive.h
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ extern "C" {
  *             (ARCHIVE_API_VERSION * 1000000 + ARCHIVE_API_FEATURE * 1000)
  * #endif
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 2006001
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER 2006002
 __LA_DECL int		archive_version_number(void);
 
 /*
  * Textual name/version of the library, useful for version displays.
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive 2.6.1"
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive 2.6.2"
 __LA_DECL const char *	archive_version_string(void);
 
 #if ARCHIVE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3000000
diff --git a/tar/Makefile b/tar/Makefile
index 06b277616..5e3d776ae 100644
--- a/tar/Makefile
+++ b/tar/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/tar/Makefile,v 1.40 2008/12/06 07:38:14 kientzle Exp $
 
 PROG=	bsdtar
-BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.6.1
+BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.6.2
 SRCS=	bsdtar.c cmdline.c getdate.y matching.c read.c siginfo.c subst.c tree.c util.c write.c
 WARNS?=	5
 DPADD=	${LIBARCHIVE} ${LIBBZ2} ${LIBZ}
diff --git a/version b/version
index 154178193..84740df9d 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2006001
+2006002